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Carl Froch defends his IBF super-middleweight title this evening at the Capital FM Arena in his home city of Nottingham against American Yusaf Mack.
Mack, a second tier fighter, hasn’t weighed inside the 12 stone, super-middle ‘cut-off’ for over five years.
People are continually banging on about the series of tough back-to-back fights that Froch has had. But that’s what he signed up for when he entered Showtime’s Super Six tournament and he was remunerated accordingly.
Has his opposition really been that great? Jermain Taylor and Arthur Abraham were essentially ‘long-in-the-tooth’ middleweights yet the former came to within 14 seconds of defeating Froch.
Andre Dirrell was unlucky to lose by the judges in Froch’s home city in October 2009. Glencoffe Johnson, though still a fine fighter, was already 42 and dipping, when Froch nudged home on a majority decision. [Click Here To Read More]
Mack, a second tier fighter, hasn’t weighed inside the 12 stone, super-middle ‘cut-off’ for over five years.
People are continually banging on about the series of tough back-to-back fights that Froch has had. But that’s what he signed up for when he entered Showtime’s Super Six tournament and he was remunerated accordingly.
Has his opposition really been that great? Jermain Taylor and Arthur Abraham were essentially ‘long-in-the-tooth’ middleweights yet the former came to within 14 seconds of defeating Froch.
Andre Dirrell was unlucky to lose by the judges in Froch’s home city in October 2009. Glencoffe Johnson, though still a fine fighter, was already 42 and dipping, when Froch nudged home on a majority decision. [Click Here To Read More]
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